The creator of Anthropic's Claude Code likes to hire engineers who do 'side quests' like making kombucha

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Boris Cherny said that he wanted engineers who were "generalists" with "cool weekend projects."

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  • Claude Code creator Boris Cherny said that he looked for engineers with "cool weekend projects."
  • "These are the kind of people I enjoy working with," he said on "The Peterman Pod."
  • Cherny also said that Anthropic was recruiting for "generalists," and that many non
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Universities risk becoming passive arms of Silicon Valley if they don't question how AI shapes truth, a professor says

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A professor says AI didn't cause the crisis in education — it exposed it.

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  • A university professor warns that institutions of higher learning are ceding autonomy to Big Tech.
  • Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld says AI tools teach Big Tech's logic as inevitable, reshaping what counts as knowledge.
  • She cautions that uncritical AI adoption risks letting corporate systems define truth
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Googles next experimental AI project is called CC, and theres already a waitlist to try it

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A few days ago, Google announced Disco, a platform that could use AI to turn websites into web apps. That does not appear to be the only new AI tool that Google has been working on. Their next one is called CC, and it wants to replace your morning scroll. What makes this tool different from similar AI tools is that CC will have access to your Gmail and Google Calendar, letting it offer actually

Help clean the ocean every time you use Wave Browser

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You use your browser to go online every day — to work, have fun, and stay connected. What if you could help the planet at the same time? 

Wave Browser is the eco-conscious browser powered by purpose. Each session removes trash and plastic from our ocean and waterways automatically — no extra steps required. 

Google's Gemini 3 Flash model outperforms GPT-5.2 in some benchmarks

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Almost exactly a month after the debut of Gemini 3 Pro in November, Google has begun rolling out the more efficient Flash version of its latest AI model. According to the company, the new system offers similar "pro-grade" reasoning performance as its flagship model at a fraction of the cost, making it ideal for everyday use. 

In benchmarks, the new system performed significantly better than Google

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